Abstract
Powered by the technologies that have originated from manufacturing, the fourth revolution of healthcare technologies is happening (Healthcare 4.0). As an example of such revolution, new generation homecare robotic systems (HRS) based on the cyber-physical systems (CPS) with higher speed and more intelligent execution are emerging. In this article, the new visions and features of the CPS-based HRS are proposed. The latest progress in related enabling technologies is reviewed, including artificial intelligence, sensing fundamentals, materials and machines, cloud computing and communication, as well as motion capture and mapping. Finally, the future perspectives of the CPS-based HRS and the technical challenges faced in each technical area are discussed.
Highlights
W ITH the increase of the aging population, the demand for home care services is escalating and pulling the transformation that traditional home care is evolving from open-loop human-dominated systems to closed-loop Homecare Robotic Systems (HRS)
On the analogy of Industry 4.0, Healthcare 4.0 is used to depict the gradual emergence of the fact that an increasing number of technologies, especially Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS), incubated in the manufacturing sector are being adopted in healthcare [1]
The Big Data from the Physical Healthcare Systems (PHS) to the Cyber Healthcare Systems (CHS) and the feedback control from the CHS to the PHS are transmitted through high performance Internet of Things (IoT) networks in real-time, and all the software components are deployed over Cloud and Fog Computing platforms in a fully distributed fashion
Summary
W ITH the increase of the aging population, the demand for home care services is escalating and pulling the transformation that traditional home care is evolving from open-loop human-dominated systems to closed-loop Homecare Robotic Systems (HRS). It can be expected that significant challenges are being faced in this emerging interdisciplinary field, which can be addressed by the enabling technologies originated from Industry 4.0. In the context of this new revolution, increasing quantities of CPS are shaping digital healthcare systems involving products, technologies, services, and enterprises [2]. Challenges faced by today’s aging society facilitate the CPS to be applied in Homecare Robotic Systems with higher speed and more intelligent execution, which is an appealing option to provide effective in-home care. The application scenarios cover one of the emerging research fields in health engineering – homecare – to cope with the effective provision of healthcare services, especially in aging societies. This article focuses on interdisciplinary researches, possible solutions, and pioneering initiatives, crossing AI, sensing fundamentals, new materials and machines, cloud computing and communication, as well as motion capture and mapping
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